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Alright... so here we are in April in NC and the weather is spectacular and my 3 bareroot roses I planted 2 weeks ago are sprouting and I think it is time to put in the herb garden.
I love herbs... fresh herbs in cooking is so much better than the dried variety. However, NC soil is virtually clay and a boxed raised garden is the way to go. I purchased a Ryobi circular saw with a laser guide...very cool, bought 3 6X6 common pine boards, some box nails and proceeded to build my box for the herb garden. I bought 6 cu feet of garden soil ( Myron and my father did the math), a bunch of herb starters and spent a few hours digging, cutting and planting. The pix tell the story.
BTW after that work, Myron said something about liking gladiolas so we purchased for a mere 9.95 a bag of 70 gladiola bulbs and proceeded to plant them! We were very ready for margaritas on the porch.
Enjoy the pix on the right in the Flash badge.
Love
Anna and Myron
Last week Sean drove his intrepid 92 Toyota truck with 185,000 miles on it to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with his trusty dog, Boomba, at his side. Leaving Vermont early in the morning, he braved horrific Connecticut traffic and witnessed an accident immediately in front of him. Being the hero he is and wearing his brother Paul's firefighter t-shirt, he got the woman out of the smoking car and waited with her until the EMT's and police arrived. Of course he had to make statements to the police which only delayed his getting back on the road again. With that behind him, the rest of the 800 mile trip was a breeze?!?! He arrived at the beach house at 2am Friday but Boomba only gave him puppy dog eyes the entire trip. She was quite the trooper. We arrived on Friday at 6pm just in time to take Sean to Dirty Dicks for all you can eat Dungeness Crab! We all three at 6 full crab orders. Gluttons!
Sean started working on Saturday painting the ceilings and putting holes in the ceilings where the fans were to hang. We ran the beach with Boomba and viewed the devastation that the storm, Ida, caused in November. A few houses had been washed away and others hung on precariously but of course are condemned and need to come down. The private road next to our house was awash with 2 feet of sand and our neighbor was bemoaning the fact. It doesn't effect us at all because our driveway comes off the main road. About 1/2-1 mile south of us the damage was quite extensive. Apparently the erosion there is much worse than by us.The weather was terrific. 70 with constant sunshine. A beautiful change for Sean from Vermont harsh weather. Boomba was a wonderful dog. She loved the ocean and chased the birds when we took her off the leash. She ran into the surf and I didn't know that she had webbed feet. Apparently black labs do. She was a real water dog. Myron enjoyed her as well even though if on the leash she saw a shore bird, she would rip your arm out pulling on the leash!
Sean came over to Durham on Thursday after finishing the work at the beach house and spent the night after having dinner with us and Oma and Opa. He left at 5am to head back to Vermont and had traffic issues in Washington DC but got back home at 9pm. A bit easier going back this time.
Oh btw, when Sean was wiring the fans in the attic, his foot fell asleep and it went through the ceiling. He put up the sheet rock to fix it but I will tape and mud the 3x3 section next weekend. There is always something!
Enjoy the pictures in the badge to the right.
Love you all and can't wait to get back next weekend to the beach.
Anna and Myron
We had a tremendous time skiing with the boys and their girls this year at Snowbird and Brighton in Utah. All the flights from Vermont, North Carolina and Denver were on time and easy! What a change.
The pictures are in the Flickr badge to the right.The sun was warm, the snow was plentiful, the slopes challenging, the boys and girls hysterical and the Myron only fell off the lift once!
Anna caused one flat tire on Day 1 because she saw a rock in the road that she thought was a clod of snow. Oops! blew the tire right there and then. Thanks to the fine work of Sean and Jeff, they changed the tire in 20 minutes after finding where it was and how to get it down from the bottom of the car. The manual helped.
We skied 5 days out of the 6 we were there. Our house had a hot tub and it was used it to soothe our sore muscles and drink wine after a long day on the slopes.Paul, Jeff and Myron and I skied. Sean, Liz, Chris and Keiran snowboarded. Julianne sad to say, had to work that week but joined us in the evenings for food, drink, chatter and merriment. We shared the cooking and ate like kings. Liz made her famous fajitas, Chris his pizza and Anna her brisket and chicken parm!
The last day snowed 12 inches or so and Jeff and Keiran made this incredible snowman and entitled it the Inebriated Snowman because they couldn't get the middle and top snowball on top.
Enjoy the pictures!
Love
Anna and Myron
We hosted a Tango Milonga on February 20th and we had a spectacular time dancing and socializing with the Triangle Tango Community. Tim Hall did a great job DJ'ing with a terrific selection of nuevo and traditional Tango tunes. We intend to continue hosting such events ... one idea is a Tango Milonga-que.... a barbecue and Milonga on our fabulous deck that Sean built.
Here is Myron showing off his Tango moves on our dance floor! Don't knock her over!
Love Anna and Myron
"Everyday is Valentine's Day Milonga"
is scheduled for February 20th at our house on
22 Pinestraw Way, Durham.
Come and enjoy a night of Tango and camaraderie with the Triangle Tango community.Bring a dish to share and enjoy the music provided by DJ Tim Hall. We will supply the wine!
Dance from 8:30-1:30 or until your feet give out.LoveAnna and Myron
Alright... so here we are in April in NC and the weather is spectacular and my 3 bareroot roses I planted 2 weeks ago are sprouting and I think it is time to put in the herb garden.
